MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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